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Suppose v. t. (past & past part. supposed; pres. part. supposing)

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result? "Suppose they take offence without a cause." "When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence."

To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. "How easy is a bush supposed a bear!" "Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead."

To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. "One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected."

To put by fraud in the place of another. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume.

Suppose v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... hair grow so long that they could make braids and fasten them round the face with stone rings. The visitors spoke of the "Island of the Bearded People." They had substantial brush huts, supported by pillars bearing inscriptions supposed to allude to their religion, and they enjoyed dancing to the music of bone flutes. For gifts, they most desired red calico ...

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... be supposed, however, that we are decrying our present quarters. Mudsplosh Camp is—or is going to be—a nobly planned and admirably equipped military centre. At present it consists of some three hundred wooden huts, in ...

— The First Hundred Thousand • Ian Hay

... next morning his hated mask was put upon his face and he was supported by priests to a door where a litter, or rather litters were waiting, one for himself and another for Jeekie who, although in robust health, was still supposed to be officially ill and not allowed to walk upon his own legs. They entered these litters and were borne off till presently they met a third litter of particularly gorgeous design carried by masked bearers, wherein was the ...

— The Yellow God - An Idol of Africa • H. Rider Haggard

... of the Landgrave, with my letter in his hand, may well be supposed; I had the presence of mind, however, to deny my handwriting, and affect astonishment at so crafty a trick. The Landgrave endeavoured to convict me, told me what Lieutenant Kemnitz had repeated at Vienna ...

— The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck - Vol. 2 (of 2) • Baron Trenck

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